White & Case, which opened an office in Houston earlier this month with the hire of three oil and gas lateral partners from big Texas firms, has now poached oil and gas partner Steven Otillar from Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.
Otillar joins partner James “Jay” Cuclis, who came from Vinson & Elkins, and partners Christopher Richardson and Charlie Ofner, who formerly worked at Andrews Kurth Kenyon, in the new White & Case office. Saul Daniel, a White & Case partner from London, has also joined the Houston office.
